Add a callout, Add an audio comment, Add a prerecorded audio comment – Adobe Acrobat XI User Manual
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Reviews and commenting
Last updated 1/14/2015
Text wraps automatically when it reaches the right edge of the box.
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(Optional) To make further changes to the text box:
• Using the Select tool or the Text Box tool, click an edge of the text box to select it, and then drag a corner to resize
it. Use the Properties toolbar to change the border and fill options.
• Double-click the text box to edit the text or change the text attributes. Drag across text to select it, and then select
options from the Properties toolbar.
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To delete the text box, select it, and then press Delete.
You can also paste a block of text by selecting and copying the text in any application, selecting the Hand tool in
Acrobat, and choosing Edit > Paste.
Add a callout
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Choose Comment >Drawing Markups > Callout tool
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Click once to set the location of the end point, and click again to set the location of the text box.
Choose View > Show/Hide > Toolbar Items >Properties Bar, and select the color, alignment, and font attributes for the
text.
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Type the text.
Text wraps automatically when it reaches the right edge of the box.
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(Optional) To make further changes to the text box:
• To resize the callout, select it and drag any of the handles that appear.
• To move the text box, click inside the box and drag it.
• To move the entire callout, click either the end-point line or an edge of the text box, and drag it.
• To change the color, opacity, or line characteristics, use the Select tool to right-click the callout, choose
Properties, and select the options you want.
Add an audio comment
Note: In Reader, commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow
typically include commenting rights.
You can use the Record Audio Comment tool to add a prerecorded WAV or AIFF file as a comment or to record and
place an audio comment in a document. Audio attachments appear in the Comments list and can be played back on
any platform. However, the appropriate hardware and software for playing audio files must be installed.
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Add a prerecorded audio comment
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Choose Comment > Annotations > Record Audio
and then click in the PDF where you want to place the audio
comment.
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Click Browse (Windows) or Choose (Mac OS), and select the audio file you want to add.
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(Optional) To hear the audio comment, click the Play button . When you’re finished, click Stop and then click OK.
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Specify options in the Properties dialog box, and then click OK.